Now, if you are like the majority of the drones out there, you have likely never heard the band Fair to Midland. This is wrong. I have never found a band with such a mixture of (for lack of a different word) strange lyrics, ultra-catchy melodies, and a lead singer that can literally sing at any end of the vocal-spectrum in any given moment. His range is incredible and lilts around in his songs in the most ear-engagingly delicious ways. Looking the band up, their genre is often condered to be "Folk-Metal." Now if you like heavier music or not, this should peak some level of interest at least. Is it weird? A little. It's also brilliantly done. Now the only legit CD that this band has released was back in 2007 called "Fables from the Mayfly." There are other previous works, but those are for the people whose intrest ascends beyond merely "passing" and are able to be found with some looking.
The catch? The have a CD due out July 11th. I can't wait.
Arrows & Anchors (the CD in question) is beyond my most-looked-forward-to album to be released this year, and that is saying something with Seether and Hurt releasing their new albums here soon, as well as the new Red CD that came out back in Jan/Feb (I don't remember which it was, but I believe Feb..). Anyone that knows me will attest that these are all easily within my top 10 bands, if not all withink the top five. Why am I so excited for an unreleased album? For once, Youtube. There are four demo-recordings easily found with a simple search on there that have been listed as appearing on the upcoming Arrows & Anchors (a name I enjoy, by the way). These demo-versions have been capturing and enslaving my eardrums for the greater part of a week now, and I cannot get enough of them. It is a bonus that the lyrics of this album have plunged themselves somewhere dark and dreary after the usually-light-hearted whimsey of its counterparts, a change that I will always personally embrace.
I was head-over-heels for the 2007 album, when I first heard it too, but that was after the fact, after it was out. I didn't discover the band (and sadly, I may add) until somewhere in 2008. A little song called "Dance of the Manatee" caught a tight hold on me and never let go, merely trading grips with other tracks such as "Tall Tales Taste Like Sour Grapes" and then "Kyla Cries Cologne." As you're likely realizing at this point, this band is fun. Those song titles are a small bundle of enjoyment in themselves. So far I've found that "A Loophole in Limbo" is my favorite, of the four demos available, but if history shows any prevalence, it will likely change with time. Or a first listen for that matter, I've only heard four of the songs after all. But listening to all four of them daily, and usually multiple times per day, solely because I can't get enough? That has greatness written all over it. And that's what this CD will be. Great.
Here is the afore-mentioned demo, my favorite so far.:
I was just thinking that it is surprising that your excitement for Hurt's new cd has been surpassed by Fair to Midland's. They're all bound to be fantastic, though, so I suppose it's alright. :3
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